An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (2008) (TV)

Director:

Graeme Campbell

Writers (WGA):

Shelley Evans (written by)
Louisa May Alcott (short story)

Release Date:

21 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jacqueline Bisset	...	Isabella
Tatiana Maslany	...	Mathilda Bassett
Helene Joy	...	Mary Bassett
Ted Atherton	...	Mr. Hopkins
Vivien Endicott Douglas	...	Prudence
Kristopher Turner	...	Gad Hopkins
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Barbuto	...	Fitter
Paula Boudreau	...	Mrs. Hopkins
Catherine Fitch	...	Principal
Gage Munroe	...	Solomon Bassett

Runtime:

Canada:90 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Automatic Pictures

Good movie

It wasn't great but it was good. I'm not as harsh as the reviewer who gave it three stars, and I didn't give it 10 stars either. I gave it 7 stars, which is in between. What did I like about it? The story was believable. Scarlet fever, and other diseases that we have medicines for today, was a killer. It was set on a farm in New Hampshire just after the Civil War. Tilly, the oldest of three children, is a writer who concocts an incredible story to get her wealthy grandmother to come up. Then, as now, people were worried about losing their homes in foreclosure. Ellis Bassett was killed in the war and Mrs. Bassett has to pay rent to Mr. Hopkins, whose son. Gad, wants to marry Tilly, but her mother opposes it. Where does she go? What does she do? Watch the movie and find out,